The Institution Of Masonry Ought To Be

The Law Does Not Expect A Man To Be Prepared To Defend Every Act Of His Life Which May Be Suddenly And Without Notice Alleged Against Him.

When A Law Is In Its Nature A Contract, When Absolute Rights Have Vested Under That Contract, A Repeal Of The Law Cannot Divest Those Rights.

The Most Lively Fancy Aided By The Strongest Description Cannot Equal The Reality Of The Opera.

The Power To Tax Is The Power To Destroy.

It Is The Peculiar Province Of The Legislature To Prescribe General Rules For The Government Of Society; The Application Of Those Rules To Individuals In Society Would Seem To Be The Duty Of Other Departments.